When did it become
hit and runs
championing trophies
divide and conquest
How did we destroy your beauty
stop enjoying the simplicities
of conversation
noticing your pet peeves
hearing that sweet symphonic
sound in your laughter
how did we start putting
sex before sex
wheres the value in investments
plundering and pillaging
adventurous lust compelling
guts for glory
where is the chase
what makes it worth while
knowing you before I know you
knowing what I like about you
before knowing how to like you for you
how can one determine worth
when countless others have tried
to show me for you
I am at a loss beginning to think that
this is how the world should
treat you
despite my values and belief in courtship
one day you will be my daughter
or he your son
and I will have to live with
the world I have helped shape
convince you
to look at me the same
as I look at you
where is forever in that
I pray that control and discipline
continue to direct me
in the way of valuing so i can be
the reason for my own not to
devalue
LEFLORE INC. 